Anti Cubby Bias with Hall of Fame voters

[Flatlander Fox]

Ryan Sandberg-Lee Smith-Andre Dawson.

All great Cubbies, all snubbed.

Did playing in the Sh!thole that is Chicago hurt their careers (Aside from the obvious fact that the team never wins)?

Also, is Gary Carter REALLY a Hall of Famer?

And what about Jim (No Defense) Rice?

[H Tower]

its because teh cubs always suck, part of the things that stick in voters minds is that the cubs haven't won anything since before world war 2

[MRT144]

sandberg is the only one with a claim to hall of fame...

[chequita guevara]

Besball's been berry, berry gud to me.

Bah, Chicago always gets the short end of the stick. Country can't handle us, so they try and ignore us.

[Bereta_Eder]

i thought that was a thread about cuba

[Swissy]

I'm just hoping that the Old-Timers Committee gives the nod to Ron Santo. But you are right, the Chicago players, both Cubs and White Sox, have always seem to take longer to make the HoF than one would think based on their careers.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Also, is Gary Carter REALLY a Hall of Famer?

Yes, he is. His numbers are better than Fisk's and are comparable to Bench's.

If you look the numbers, Andre Dawson is typical of the 'on the edge' player. Lee Smith is a closer. Relievers ALLWAYS have gotten short ends of the stick. Hell, Goose Gossage didn't make it! And Sandburg, he really isn't a first ballot HOFer. He'll make it, but the voters want to make him wait a bit (maybe a year or so).

[Ted Striker]

IT'S 22 DEGREES OUT LET'S TAKE OFF OUR SHIRTS AND SHOW OUR HAIRY STOMACHS MAN TITTIES TO THE WORLD!!!

[Flatlander Fox]

*Looks Up*

Anyway...


Not sure about post Eckersley relievers... It seems that the innings pitched is what is screwing those guys.

The save is a statistic that is hard to really quantify.

[Ted Striker]

IT MIGHT BE, IT COULD BE, IT IS!!!

CUBS WIN!!!

NOW PASS ANOTHER BUD!!!

[chequita guevara]

Wait'll next year!

[Imran Siddiqui]

The save is a statistic that is hard to really quantify.

Exactly. Closers are going to have a hard time getting in.

[Capt Dizle]

Sandberg surely should get in. Santo was hurt because he played in a time when it was relatively harder to put up big offensive numbers.

I don't think players from the Cubs are penalized. Heck, nowadays you can't identify players with teams cause they move so much.

Rose ought to go in. Any posturing about morality goes out the window as far as I am concerned since the fans were screwed out of a world series. **** them.

I swore never to buy another ticket until they made that world series up and, I haven't.

[Flatlander Fox]

Sandberg will eventually get in.

Santo never will, but that's more because he's not a Hall of Fame caliber player. Just like another one of my favorite players, Dave Parker, wil never get in.

The question is what will happen when the "bloated stats" players start showing up?

Palmeiro and McGriff come to mind immediately. As well as a few other players who were not great, but merely good.

[Imran Siddiqui]

McGriff definetly benefits from bloated stats, but I don't think I would include Palmeiro in that. He is a great player and was one before the era of the bloated stat.

Now Sosa... that's a different story . (just kidding Cubbies... don't hurt me )